A judge brought to Florence by one of its avaricious and miserly chief magistrates, Niccola da San Lepidio is the victim of a prank played by Maso del Saggio, Ribi, and Matteuzzo in Filostrato’s eighth tale (VIII, 5). He is skinny and unkempt and he dresses like a country bumpkin in clothes that are dirty and don’t fit properly. This allows the pranksters to pull his pants down in public, exposing both his body and the magistrate’s failure to bring good judges to the city.